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Borissov heads GERB negotiating team on new Bulgarian government

April 3, 2017April 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, twice former prime minister Boiko Borissov, has taken personal charge of the team

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Foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria jump by close to 19% in first two months of 2017

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

The number of visits by foreign tourists to Bulgaria in January and February 2017 was 18.6 per cent higher than

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Bulgaria 

Turkey has not quite gone away as an issue in Bulgarian politics

March 28, 2017March 29, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

The March 2017 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria may be over, but the issue of Turkey’s role in Bulgarian domestic politics

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Bulgaria 

International observers criticise Bulgarian media coverage that preceded country’s elections

March 27, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

In a preliminary report the day after Bulgaria’s March 26 parliamentary elections, international observers have criticised Bulgarian media coverage of

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Bulgaria 

Juncker: EC to ‘explore options’ to help Bulgaria guard EU external border

March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, Roumen Radev

The European Commission is ready to examine the long-term needs of Bulgaria to guard the external borders of the EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian voters from Turkey divert via Greece as ‘patriots’ again protest at Turkish border

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017, Greece, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgarian passport-holders coming into the country to vote in the March 26 elections would now be coming via Greece instead

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General: Bulgaria will not extradite border policemen wanted by Turkey on murder, manslaughter charges

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on March 22 that Bulgaria will not extradite to Turkey four border policemen wanted by Ankara

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Foreign Direct Investment in Bulgaria in January 2017 was 54M euro

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 54 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry announces 371 polling stations in 70 countries

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

There will be a total of 371 polling stations in 70 foreign countries for Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary

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